Tag: Avery (Robert A.)

Wikipedia says: Lt. Colonel, 102nd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry. Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865. Bvt. Maj. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel, promoted from Captain, Company A, 102nd New York Infantry.

Born September 22, 1839 at Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. Died October, 1912.

Library of Congress says: Major Robert Avery… was wounded on May 3, 1863 at Chancellorsville, Virginia and severely wounded on November 24, 1863 at Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, which resulted in the loss of his right leg.